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Sign in to saveKiCad ( ) is a free software suite for electronic design automation (EDA). It facilitates the design and simulation of electronic hardware for PCB manufacturing. It features an integrated environment for schematic capture, PCB layout, manufacturing file viewing, ngspice-provided SPICE simulation, and engineering calculation. Tools exist within the package to create bill of materials, artwork, Gerber files, and 3D models of the PCB and its components.
Key facts
- Software.name
- KiCad
- Software.logo
- KiCad-Logo.svg
- Software.screenshot
- KiCad V6 PCB Full View.png
- Software.caption
- KiCad PCB editor
- Software.author
- Jean-Pierre Charras
- Software.developer
- KiCad developers
- Software.programming language
- C++
- Software.operating system
- Linux, macOS, Windows
- Software.language count
- 39
- Software.genre
- EDA
- Software.license
- GPL-3.0
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12 sectionsContents
- History
- Early history
- 2010s to present
- Features
- Languages
- Schematic editing
- PCB editing
- External autorouters
- Community
- See also
- References
- External links
KiCad ( ) is a free software suite for electronic design automation (EDA). It facilitates the design and simulation of electronic hardware for PCB manufacturing. It features an integrated environment for schematic capture, PCB layout, manufacturing file viewing, ngspice-provided SPICE simulation, and engineering calculation. Tools exist within the package to create bill of materials, artwork, Gerber files, and 3D models of the PCB and its components.
==History== ===Early history=== KiCad was created in 1992 by Jean-Pierre Charras while working at IUT de Grenoble. The name came from the first letters in the name of a company of Jean-Pierre's friend in combination with the term CAD. KiCad originally was a collection of electronics programs intended to be used in conjunction with each other. The main tools were EESchema, PCBnew, a Gerber viewer, and a calculator.